Pulished in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Development Programme. The World Resources Reports are definitive references on the global environment, containing the latest information on essential economic, population, and natural resource conditions and trends for 153 countries. The fifth volume of this series looks and analyzes systematically the prospects for sustainable development in both global and regional terms. SPECIAL FEATURES OF THIS EDITION Sustainable Development Assessment An in-depth look at the economic, human, ecological, and technological prerequisites for sustainable development in OECD, newly industrialized, and poor countries. New Findings on Land Degradation Over the past 50 years, moderate to severe soil degradation occured over an areal larger than China and India combined. Presenting the results of the first global assessment of land degradation, this volume analyzes the cause and extent of the damage to the world's soils. World Resources points out that continuation of soil degrading activities will make even more difficult the job of providing growing populations with food, fuel and fiber. Eastern and Central European Environment Report A survey of this region's most critical environmental problems, including air and water pollution and land degradation. Current Trend Reports Incisive summaries of global conditions and trends in more than one dozen key issue area, including technology transfer, population and health, food and agriculture, oceans and coasts, energy, wildlife and habitat, and forests and rangelands. Relied upon by policymakers, journalists, scientists, teachers, students, and concerned citizens around the world. World Resources Report is the best desktop reference on the global environment. Published by Oxford University Press |
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